Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	286% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1 (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 782 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 863GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,421 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,372 303% 1,355 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 77.6 260% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 223 232% 384 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 363%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 823GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,125 Write 1,705 Mixed 1,584 401% 1,804 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 73.2 250% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 209 218% 362 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 155GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5023 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 811 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15134476500	112% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 390 Mixed 484 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 36.4 173% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 172 176% 287 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 82GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4836 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 680 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8633297698	112% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 416 Mixed 432 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.6 171% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 166 170% 278 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 135%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 204237877 (03) Spinup time 84 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 94 60 2349060322 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 97139275338248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 261997002813 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 108588 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 204237877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82502026792849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8165119790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3930987154	119% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 208 Mixed 175 147% 196 MB/s	4K Read 4.51 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.4 313% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 149550984 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4626737 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1190 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86341727556391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5697753030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15845514636
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 100 26800208 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 494512 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1168 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131855495982374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1359873115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 491625146
Poor: 53% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3466 C16 4x16GB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 37.4 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 48.5 SC Mixed 33 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 152%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-GamingG1

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	118x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	18x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $139Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $828

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16